Nonstop/120 Star

The goal of 120 star is collect every star and beat the game.

Category Rules

• Collect all 120 stars.
• Beat the game.
• No gameplay restrictions. In particular, all forms of BLJ and sequence breaks such as skipping door requirements is allowed.

Notes

Unlike with vanilla runs, it's not really necessary to learn 70 star before learning 120 as the majority of levels have significantly different routing between the two categories. Also, the Bowser stages, Bowser fights, and most of the Castle Secret stars are identical to vanilla strats. Any differences will be noted in the route list next to the links to the vanilla pages for those stars/stages.

Route

There are many routes for 120 star involving different stage order and castle movement. The route used in this guide is as up-to-date as possible with the latest strategies for world record contention. Beginner strats, where applicable, can be found in each stage's guide page.

Lobby

1. Bob-omb Battlefield
   • Bomb clip + King Bob-omb Despite LBLJ being allowed, in nonstop it saves virtually nothing, so we still do part of Bob-omb Battlefield first.
2. Whomp's Fortress
   • All WF stars
3. Jolly Roger Bay Pt 1
   • Sunken Ship
4. Castle Secret Star Pt 1
   • Wing Cap Stage - Get the star first, then ledge grab the switch and immediately Exit Course
5. Jolly Roger Bay Pt 2
   • Other 6 stars
6. Bowser in the Dark World
   • Bowser in the Dark World - Don't dive over the pipe to the star. Run around and grab it as you jump into the pipe from the other direction.
   • Bowser Battle 1 - Exit Course after grabbing the key
7. Bob-omb Battlefield
   • 5 remaining stars
8. Cool Cool Mountain
   • All CCM stars

Basement

1. Castle Secret Star
   • Vanish Cap Stage
2. Dire, Dire Docks
   • All DDD stars
3. Bowser in the Fire Sea
   • Bowser in the Fire Sea Reds
   • Bowser Battle 2 - Exit Course after grabbing the key
4. Castle Secret Star
   • 1st Mips
5. Shifting Sand Land
   • All SSL stars
6. Lethal Lava Land
   • All LLL stars
7. Castle Secret Stars
   • 2nd Mips
   • HMC Toad - Grab toad first, because we don't come back out to HMC's entrance
8. Hazy Maze Cave
   • All HMC stars
   • Cavern of the Metal Cap - Exit Course after collecting the star

Upstairs

1. Big Boo's Haunt
   • All BBH stars
2. Wet Dry World
   • All WDW stars
3. Tiny Huge Island
   • All THI stars
4. Castle Secret Star
   • Upstairs Toad
5. Tall, Tall Mountain
   • 100, Reds, Top, Mountainside
6. Snowman's Land
   • All SL stars
7. Tall, Tall Mountain
   • Waterfall, Monkey, Mushroom

Tippy

1. Castle Secret Stars
   • Wing Mario Over the Rainbow/Cloud Stage
   • Both PSS stars Just grab the timed star as normal, then go back and grab the box star and exit course.
2. Rainbow Ride
   • All RR stars
3. Castle Secret Star
   • Tippy Toad
4. Tick Tock Clock
   • All TTC stars
5. Bowser in the Sky
   • Bowser in the Sky Red Coins
   • Bowser Battle 3